People do not know what good deeds are. It is udaya karma,unfolding effects of past karma; that makes them do the deeds. The prakruti, the relative self, forces them to do them. What is your own thing [effort] in that? Doing good deeds; that too is mandatory (farajiyat)!

What harm does lying cause? One loses people’s trust. And once one loses trust, he becomes worthless.

People on the worldly path, to them ‘we’ say, ‘Practice complete honesty. If you cannot do that, then practice honesty within principle of limits. If you cannot do that and if you practice dishonesty, do it within limits. This principle is indeed what will take you further ahead.

In this world, it is not possible to forget about obligation of these three people: father, mother and guru; the one who has made us walk on the correct path.

You are on a certain ‘step’. This state is meant for only you; it is not applicable to other people. Others are on a different ‘step’. Therefore you cannot pressurize anyone. You cannot have any ‘objection’ towards them.

People make you retract spoken words but they do not understand [know] that speech is a record, so how can anyone retract it?

What kind of egoism should one have? It should be such that people accept it.

People have the right to criticize you. You do not have the right to criticize anyone.

When Boredom comes, it is the time during which discovery is to be made. That is the time during which real effort (purushartha) can be made. But instead, people push it aside.